Mova0.5 pre-release⌕

☰

home / corpora / questions / Technology / Cooking machines: oven, microwave, ket… / e2

Exam question 2 · Cooking machines: oven, microwave, kettle, toaster and hob

It is given that natural gas possesses no odour of its own. State the reason for which an odour is added prior to supply.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: natural gas · What happens: give, possess, add, supply · To what, where: It, odour

This is exam question 2 of lesson 11 «Cooking machines: oven, microwave, kettle, toaster and hob» of the technology course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.

The question

Sentence 1: It is given that natural gas possesses no odour of its own.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 given	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	aux:pass
3	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 possesses	mark
5	natural	natural	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 gas	amod
6	gas	gas	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 possesses	nsubj
7	possesses	possess	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	advcl
8	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	9 odour	det
9	odour	odour	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 possesses	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 own	case
11	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 own	nmod:poss
12	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 odour	nmod
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present · passive		It					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	possess	present	natural gas	no odour of gas's own					vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot odour=Theme

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

Sentence 2: State the reason for which an odour is added prior to supply.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	State	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 reason	det
3	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 State	appos
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 added	obl
6	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 odour	det
7	odour	odour	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 added	nsubj:pass
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 added	aux:pass
9	added	add	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 reason	acl:relcl
10	prior	prior	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	9 added	xcomp
11	to	to	PART	_	12 supply	mark
12	supply	supply	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 prior	xcomp
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 State	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	add speech: assert	present · passive		a odour				for the reason; prior property	vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	supply	to-infinitive							vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1

So that the gas is rendered heavier than air

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	So	so	ADV	_	6 rendered	advmod
2	that	that	SCONJ	_	6 rendered	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 gas	det
4	gas	gas	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 rendered	nsubj:pass
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 rendered	aux:pass
6	rendered	render	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	heavier	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	6 rendered	xcomp
8	than	than	ADP	_	9 air	case
9	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 heavier	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	render	present · passive		the gas				heavy property	vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

So that the gas cannot be ignited accidentally

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	So	so	ADV	_	8 ignited	advmod
2	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 ignited	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 gas	det
4	gas	gas	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 ignited	nsubj:pass
5	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 ignited	aux
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 ignited	advmod
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 ignited	aux:pass
8	ignited	ignite	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
9	accidentally	accidentally	ADV	_	8 ignited	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not ignite	can · passive		the gas				accidentally property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

So that any leakage may be readily detected

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	So	so	ADV	_	8 detected	advmod
2	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 detected	mark
3	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	4 leakage	det
4	leakage	leakage	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 detected	nsubj:pass
5	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 detected	aux
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 detected	aux:pass
7	readily	readily	ADV	_	8 detected	advmod
8	detected	detect	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	detect	may · passive		any leakage				readily property	vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Stimulus

Option 4

So that the flame burns with a blue colour

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	So	so	ADV	_	5 burns	advmod
2	that	that	SCONJ	_	5 burns	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 flame	det
4	flame	flame	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 burns	nsubj
5	burns	burn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	with	with	ADP	_	9 colour	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 colour	det
8	blue	blue	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 colour	amod
9	colour	colour	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 burns	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	burn	present	the flame					with a blue colour	vn light_emission-43.1 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with colour=Theme

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/11-cooking-machines/e2/